An Update on the River Chess

An Update on the River Chess

Chalk streams are in a unique position where their sensitivities are hymned by ecologists as “iconic” or “precious” but that doesn’t stop them being pillaged by the water and sewage companies as the EA and Ofwat look on. Take for instance the River Chess. Like most chalk streams it isn’t protected in any special way. It isn’t, for instance, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) or a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). That m…